Man crosses thawing Rock River near downtown Rockford

ROCKFORD — Police and fire rescue personnel responded to a call at 9:39 a.m. Monday of a man walking on ice on the Rock River near the Prairie Street Brewhouse in downtown Rockford.

Rockford Police Department officers talked to the shirtless man. He walked off the ice just before 10 a.m. near the Lombardi Club off Madison Street.

The man who Rockford Fire Department officials said was in his 40s was transported to a local hospital for a psychological evaluation. He was not injured. Divers had been placed on standby when the man was spotted attempting to cross the ice.